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by Cara Colleen FALL REFLECTION OF CREATION'S BEAUTY Canto I The beauty of early fall On a sunny afternoon Before the leaves have fallen And only a few have turned ... A cool and quiet peace With instruments of nature Performing orchestrations composed by her Creator ... And faintly in the distance The buzz of civilization To add a pleasant hum (Underlying roar of manmade ocean) ... And I, wrapped in thought-- Meandering, silent nostalgia For yesterdays and tomorrows-- Content in the life of today. Canto II Red and golden, orange and brown, All the leaves are falling down. Drifting clouds of cottony white Fuel imagination’s flight. All the geese around have fled To warmer climate--southern led. Colder nights and cooler days-- We’re well into fall’s weather phase. Canto III Threadbare trees A carpet of leaves Hints of snow are all around Late fall fading Chill winds trading Fall for winter's frozen ground Night falls As the tall trees stand sharply silhouetted Silent against sunset lit sky Gold fading to yellow-orange Orange to red to pale blue Blending into indigo and deep navy Stretching across the wide expanse To the pale violet glow of the distant city And high above The faint pinpricks of starlight And pallid moonshine Brighten in intensity Until the field below sits illuminated Long haystalks Waving in the night breeze. THE HIDDEN DEPTH Forever lies beyond the stars – The hidden depth Beneath the velvet beauty at first glance, And clever dreamers peer into God’s soul To view eternity as stars dance To cosmic symphony Unheard by ear, but felt within The heart of tiny men (Macro- micro- cosms interacting) Visible eternity of night Reveals Invisible forever in the soul And dreamers dream Without the limitations that The mundane mass submits to By the light of day. Aesthetic needs are met By nothing tangible And cold, distant stars Reach out warm fingers To the one who yearns For more than just a bed to sleep in. Visible proves invisible-- Tangible meets intangible-- As dreamers dance, Night after night, To the music of Eternity beyond the stars – The hidden depth Beneath the velvet beauty at first glance.
©2003 by Cara Colleen. All rights reserved.
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